from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, from Ibn al-Madhhab, from Abū Bakr ibn Mālik, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad, from his father, citing them both. The point is that he is a young man, comely in appearance, pleasant of speech, humble, quick in understanding, and graceful in expression—may Allah have mercy on his forebears (1).

On the fourteenth of the month a courier arrived from the region of Aleppo bearing the swords of those captured emirs who had been among Baybughā’s followers.

On Thursday the fifteenth, Sultan al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ came down from the ṭārma (raised pavilion) to the Ablak Palace in full regal splendor. He did not attend the Friday congregational prayer; instead he prayed in that palace.

Early on Friday morning Emir Sayf al-Dīn Shaykhūn and Ṭāz entered, together with the troops who were with them, returning from Aleppo. They had failed to overtake Baybughā and his men, for the latter had entered the Turkmen territory of Dulgādir (2) with the few who remained. A number of the emirs who had been with him were captured; they arrived in shackles and chains in the company of the two aforementioned emirs. Shaykhūn and Ṭāz presented themselves to the Sultan in the Ablak Palace, offered greetings, kissed the ground, and congratulated him on the ʿĪd. Ṭāz took up residence in the house of Aytamush in the northern Shuraf quarter (3), Shaykhūn lodged in the house of Iyās the chamberlain near the outer Ẓāhiriyya, and the rest of the army was quartered throughout the city.

As for Emir Sayf al-Dīn Arghūn, he remained in Aleppo as deputy at the Sultan’s request, as noted above. His investiture was proclaimed with formidable titles; he donned a splendid robe of honor and was accorded exceptional esteem so that he might serve as a rallying point (4) against Baybughā and his followers, given the fierce enmity between them.

Thereafter the Sultan, together with the Egyptians in his retinue and the Syrians who had joined them, performed the ʿĪd al-Fiṭr prayer in the Maydān al-Akhḍar (Green Parade Ground). Qāḍī Tāj al-Dīn (5) al-Munāwī, the Egyptian judge of the Egyptian army, delivered the sermon by the Sultan’s decree and that of his household, and he was invested with a robe of honor. Here the account ends, and Allah—glorified and exalted—knows best.

The Killing of the Seven Emirs from among Baybughā’s Followers (6)

On Monday, the third of Shawwāl, before the late-afternoon prayer, the Sultan rode from the palace to the ṭārma. Over his head the ceremonial canopy and the falcon were carried by Emir Badr al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīr (7). He seated himself on the ṭārma while the army stood before him below the citadel. The emirs who had been brought from Aleppo were produced; each one was made to stand and then deliberations were held about him. Among them